Worth buying a complete carbine just for the IP Receiver?

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Me too. I've squirreled 2 barrelsaway, but each is sketchy. One has terrible bayo band wear. The other is import marked and has band wear.

Cabela's milsurp prices are grossly inflated. No Blue Sky carbine is worth $1700.
Highly unlikely one of the 3,542 carbine receivers IP managed to make in the 3 months of production would turn up at Blue Sky and not be recognised as such either.
The link is dead too. Goes to Cabela's but not to a carbine.

There are a lot of IP receivers. The 3500 submitted weren't accepted, but there were a lot more receivers and other parts made. I've read that maybe 50k? If you break down the parts at retail-ish prices based on per part prices, you come very close to the $1700.
Rec is 1200-ish,
just a common trigger group is 125. But didn't that one have a push safety? More money.
Slide 75
bolt 90-120
even an import barrel can bring 50-75.
Sights are 50 for the pair
stock and metal is at least 50